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National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-5236

Original release date:10/06/2007
Last revised:03/04/2009
Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

Java Web Start in Sun JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 12 and earlier, and SDK and JRE 1.4.2_15 and earlier, on Windows does not properly enforce access restrictions for untrusted applications, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to read local files via an untrusted application.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
CVSS v2 Base Score:5.4 (MEDIUM) (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N) (legend)
Impact Subscore: 6.9
Exploitability Subscore: 4.9
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Access Complexity: High
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information

Vendor Statments (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (10/08/2007)
Not vulnerable. These issues do not affect Linux versions of Sun JDK or JRE.

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External Source: SUNALERT
Name: 103073
Type: Patch Information
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0010.html
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2008-1856
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 30676
External Source: OVAL
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6115
External Source: XF
Name: javaweb-cache-information-disclosure(36946)
External Source: BID
Name: 25920
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SA:2007:055
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2008-0609
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2007-3895
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/0c36b6416afc3868b8b1b9012955e323.html
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 29897
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 29042
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 28777
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27716
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27693
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27261
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SA:2008:025
External Source: HP
Name: HPSBUX02284
External Source: BEA
Name: BEA08-198.00

Vulnerable software and versions

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spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:sun:jdk:1.5.0:update10
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:sun:jdk:1.5.0:update11
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:sun:jdk:1.5.0:update12
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:sun:jdk:1.5.0:update2
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:sun:jdk:1.5.0:update3
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:sun:jdk:1.5.0:update4
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:sun:jdk:1.5.0:update5
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:sun:jdk:1.5.0:update7
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:sun:jdk:1.5.0:update8
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:sun:jdk:1.5.0:update9
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:sun:jre:1.4.2
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:sun:jre:1.4.2:update1
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:sun:jre:1.4.2:update10
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:sun:jre:1.4.2:update11
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:sun:jre:1.4.2:update12
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:sun:jre:1.4.2:update13
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:sun:jre:1.4.2:update14
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:sun:jre:1.4.2:update15
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:sun:jre:1.4.2:update2
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:sun:jre:1.4.2:update21
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:sun:jre:1.4.2:update3
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:sun:jre:1.4.2:update4
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:sun:jre:1.4.2:update5
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:sun:jre:1.4.2:update6
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:sun:jre:1.4.2:update7
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:sun:jre:1.4.2:update8
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:sun:jre:1.4.2:update9
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:sun:jre:1.5.0:update1
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:sun:jre:1.5.0:update10
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:sun:jre:1.5.0:update11
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:sun:jre:1.5.0:update12
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:sun:jre:1.5.0:update2
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:sun:jre:1.5.0:update3
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:sun:jre:1.5.0:update4
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:sun:jre:1.5.0:update5
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:sun:jre:1.5.0:update6
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:sun:jre:1.5.0:update7
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:sun:jre:1.5.0:update8
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:sun:jre:1.5.0:update9
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:sun:sdk:1.4.2_03
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:sun:sdk:1.4.2_08
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:sun:sdk:1.4.2_09
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:sun:sdk:1.4.2_10
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:sun:sdk:1.4.2_11
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:sun:sdk:1.4.2_12
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:sun:sdk:1.4.2_13
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:sun:sdk:1.4.2_14
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:sun:sdk:1.4.2_15
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Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)
  • Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control (CWE-264)